Keepin' Up with Popular Culture
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David Arditi, The University of Texas at Arlington
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ISBN 13: 9781648160189
Publisher: Mavs Open Press
Language: English
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CC BY-NC
Table of Contents
- About the Publisher
- Accessibility Statement
- About This Project
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Real World
- The Slap: Functionalism and Popular Culture
- Encoding Modern Family: Decoding Traditional Family
- Creators and Influencers: Symbolic Interactionism
- America Votes or the Culture Industry
- Bibliography
- Glossary
About the Book
In Keepin’ Up with Popular Culture, Dr. David Arditi introduces students to popular culture as a way to view and understand society, politics, and culture. This book demonstrates to students the overall importance of popular culture in their lives. It explores the ways that language is used (and the way that we use language) to construct the world around us through popular culture.
About the Contributors
Author
Dr. David Arditi is one of the nation’s foremost scholars in the sociology of popular culture. His research explores the way popular culture pervades our everyday lives. Specifically, he has written 6 books at the intersections of popular culture and digital technology. Most notably, Streaming Culture: Subscription Platforms And The Unending Consumption Of Culture analyzes the way streaming platforms impacted the production and consumption of popular culture from movies to video games.